DLA brings market-leading experience and advice to practices and to centre developers . Our team has facilitated over 300 pharmacy tenancies, more than anyone else, by testing the pharmacy market using our tried and tested procurement process to help you identify a preferred pharmacy tenant. The RENTAL income stream off-sets interest repayments that you may be facing. Further, any lump-sum PREMIUM payment (more typical where there is competition for a tenancy) can mitigate capital borrowings in the first instance. A pharmacy tenant also enhances the long-term value of health centre buildings because interested parties would benefit from the rental revenues if they became the new landlord. But most importantly, the addition of a pharmacist colleague to a multi-disciplinary primary care team can assist practices with the challenges of QoF, prescribing advice, drug budgets, minor ailments and patient compliance with medicines. And clearly such teamworking is more likely to become a reality when all the team players are located together in a modern primary healthcare facility. But delivering co-location can be inhibited by many regulatory & commercial issues which can conspire to frustrate the opening of a pharmacy in a health centre. We don't have a crystal ball, but DLA's experience can help anticipate matters arising in the Pharmaceutical Regulations, and we can also estimate the likely premium and rents that landlords might expect if a tenancy were tendered. Health centre developers who engage DLA can be confident they have retained the optimum pharmacy consultancy for their project. Importantly our clients, which have included GP Practices, NHS Property Services, NHS LiftCo's, Primary Care Trusts and Commercial Developers, all can be assured in respect of the fairness, robustness and integrity of our tenancy procurement process.